Archive for December 30, 2009
THE FINANCIAL LIVES OF THE POETS by Jess Walter
In THE FINANCIAL LIVES OF THE POETS, author Jess Walter has created an everyman character with a twist. Forty-six year old newspaper reporter Matt Prior has been laid off from his job. With his severance package running out, panic has set in. Questionable monetary choices, including most notably, Matt’s unsuccessful launch of the website poetfolio.com, which was to give financial advice in verse, but instead ate up their savings before it launched, and his wife Lisa’s brief e-Bay buying spree and a bit of financial juggling with their mortgage, have left the Priors in a home worth less then what they owe on it; a very topical situation.
December 30, 2009
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Tags: 2009 Favorites, 21st-Century, Contemporary, Humorous, Literary, Married Life · Posted in: 2009 Favorites, Award Winning Author, Contemporary, Drift-of-Life, Fatherhood, Humorous, Job, Life Choices, Literary, Satire, United States
